I really have delved into trying to find a digital version of the "Pink Album" over the last couple of days. I had digitized my own LP version a couple of years ago but the sound quality is awful. I did get back in the attic and pull the LP out so I have it here in front of me for inspiration as I type.

The new album, with the original recordings (at least to my ear and I have a pretty good ear) is now called "Tanzmusik Der Renaissance" and the performers are "Collegium Aureum". It sounds very good. You can find it on the iTunes store-but only if you switch countries to some country outside of the US. For those of you in Europe (I have found it both in the UK and Canadian iTune stores) you are only a digital download away. If you live in the US, you need to switch countries (at the bottom of the page) in the i-tune store and go, for example, to Canada. There you will find that you can listen to the samples, but you are not permitted to buy the product--just call me Tantalus. I am going to pursue this with the Apple folks to find out why not. It makes no sense since the original LP was released within the RCA library but I'm sure there is some legal pitfall.

You can also go to YouTube and search for "Tanzmusik" or Romeo and Juliet and find that some enterprising young Zefferelli has replaced the original Film music (during a renaissance dance between R and J no less) with the first track of the album--the entire first track, and it sounds great. It does not match the action well since everyone is clicking finger cymbals in the scene as they dance--but that's why they invented digital recording.

For those of you not living in the US, the pink album is about 10 US dollars and a one minute digital download away. For us Yanks, it may be a little harder. I'll let you know what I find out from Apple.

Thanks again to Leeneia for bringing this topic up. I went thru Durer's house in 1984 but I did not use the headphones so I don't know if they used the Pink Album back then.
RM